Eighteen sheep alleged to have been missing on the farm of Mr Van Rooyen at Dordrecht were recovered by SAPS after police followed an information about some sheep hidden in the shed in the neighbourhood.
Police followed this information to the said farm and they found the sheep inside the shed. Mr Van Rooyen was called in order to come and have a look on those sheep and he identified them as his. There were fourteen sheep recovered and three are still missing.
Two male suspects were detained at Dordrecht police station and are expected to appear at Dordrecht Magistrates Court facing a charge of stock theft on 9 April 2019.
A crime intelligence driven operation involving Queenstown STU started on the N6 route entering the farm Grey Craig early at about 01:30 when police observed a bakkie coming out of the farm with twenty sheep and it was chased and stopped.
Another bakkie with a trailer came out of the farm loaded with twenty three sheep and it was stopped as well. Forty three sheep in total were recovered and the sheep were handed to the owner Mr Edward Milns.
Six suspect and a minor 41, 44, 48,49, 63 and 16 years were arrested and will appear at Queenstown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 09 April 2019.
All vehicles (sentra, toyota single cab and mazda d/cab with trailer) that were used have been confiscated.
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